Grand jury indictments

Cortney L. Walton, 21, of 1012 Fifth St. SW, is charged with murder and improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation. Both charges carry firearm specifications.

A Stark County grand jury has indicted a man in the April 27 shooting death of a teenage girl.

Cortney L. Walton, 21, of 1012 Fifth St. SW, is charged with murder and improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation. Both charges carry firearm specifications.

Police have said 16-year-old Diamond Singleton, of Canton, was killed when Walton shot into a two-story house at 818 Shorb Ave. NW where Singleton was visiting friends. Detectives have said they don’t believe Singleton was Walton’s intended target.

The case is assigned to Stark County Common Pleas Judge Lee Sinclair.

If convicted of murder with a firearm specification, Walton would be imprisoned for 18 years to life. Shooting into a habitation, with an accompanying firearm specification, is punishable by up to eleven years in prison.

A grand jury also issued indictments in the following cases:

• James E. Lenzy Sr., 65, 1044 Lilly Ave. NE, Canton Township, possession of drugs, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them.